Supplementary chargesheet filed by ED in AgustaWestland bribery case
Supplementary chargesheet filed by ED in AgustaWestland bribery case
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The AgustaWestland bribery case has observed supplementary chargesheet for former Air Force chief SP Tyagi and his two cousins, Gautam Khaitan(lawyer), Carlo Gerosa(Italian middlemen) and Guido Haschke(Italian middlemen), Finmeccanica(the parent company of AgustaWestland) among others.

On Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate filed the chargesheet at the Patiala House court which will be considered on 20th July.

Notably, the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) filed a chargesheet on 1st September 2017 in the case against the retired chief Tyagi, former Air Marshal J. S. Gujral including ten others.

The case relates to the purchase of 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters in February 2010 for the Communication Squadron of Indian Air Force to carry the president, PM and other VVIPs. The allegations were highlighted on 12 February 2013 when the CEO of Finmeccanica Giuseppe Orsi was arrested in the case. Following this then Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony directed a probe into the matter.

The chargesheet that was filed by ED alleged that the AgustaWestland have paid 58 million as bribery via different firms.

Tunisia-based Gordian Services Sarl and IDS Sarl transferred the money to Interstellar Technologies Ltd and others while claiming the money as consultancy contracts’ charges. Dubai-based UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings Ltd in Dubai further received the amount in which Shivani Saxena, an active director of UHY Saxena was arrested nder the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

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